Is it possible to trigger alarm based on output of bash command - monitoring

Is it possible to trigger alarm in zabbix or datadog based on output of bash command. I.e. I have a bash command that returns value and I want to trigger an alarm if value rises above some level.

add bash script as userparameters in zabbix-agent.

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Ansible Tower CLI pass Launch Parameters in one command without prompt

I am trying to launch an ansible-tower cli job through Jenkins. But I don't want a prompt that appears on Ansible Tower. I want to pass those parameters in the same command so that a prompt is not required.
I have tried:
tower-cli job launch --job-template=33 -e "param1" -e "param2"
This is the error I get:
Error: failed to pass some of the extra variables
According to the Ansible Tower-CLI documentation the parameter -e is wrong. You need to use --extra-vars. This differs from ansible-playbook command. So an easy example is
tower-cli job launch --job-template 1 --extra-vars '{"x":"y"}'
Be aware that you write all vars in one argument. The --extra-vars expects JSON or YAML format.
Be also aware, that the given job template MUST be configured to ask for extra-vars. Otherwise the argument is ignored on Ansible Tower side.
Also - not the question but a good advice - if your Jenkins needs to wait for the job result add --monitor to the tower-cli command. Then the cli waits for the response code and the stage could "fail" if there is a problem.

Script to automate timeshift backup and azuracast update

I’m running an Azuracast docker instance on Linode and want to try to find a way to automate my updates. Right now my routine is when I notice there are updates by accessing the Azuracast web panel, I usually run timeshift to create a backup using the following command
timeshift —-create —-comment “azuracast update ”
And then I use the following to update azuracast
cd /var/azuracast/
./docker.sh update-self
./docker.sh update
Then it asks me to ensure the azuracast installation is backed up before updating, to which i would usually just press enter.
After that is completed, it asks me if i want to clean up all stopped docker containers and images to save space, which i usually say no to.
What I’m wondering is if there is a way to create a bash script, or python or something to automate all of this, and then have it run on a schedule?
Sure, you can write a shell script to execute these commands and then run it on a schedule using crontab(5).
For example your script might look like:
#! /bin/sh
# Backup azuracast and restart docker container
timeshift --create --comment “azuracast update” && \
cd /var/azuracast/ && \
./docker.sh update-self && \
(yes | ./docker.sh update)
It sounds like this docker.sh program takes some user inputs. See if there are options you can pass to it that will allow you to run it non-interactively. (Seems there isn't, see edit.)
To setup your cron job, you can put the script in /etc/cron.hourly, /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron.weekly, or /etc/cron.monthly. Or if you need more control, you can get started configuring a cron job with crontab -e. Better explanation.
EDIT: Assuming this is the script you're using, it doesn't seem to have a way to run update non-interactively. Fear not though, there's a program for this: yes(1). This will answer yes to both of the questions, but honestly running docker system prune -f is probably a good idea. If you really want to answer no to that, you could probably substitute yes for printf "y\nn" to answer yes to the first and no to the second.
Also note that there's at least one other y/n question it could ask you, which you probably want to answer yes to.

Stop JMeter script after a certain time in jenkins build

While running JMeterbuild in jenkin, it run as infinite mode "never stops" even though the configuration is set in JMX.
How to stop JMeter build after a certain time ?
I have tried to provide command line arguments thinking it isn't rewarding jmx configuration.
PATH/jmeter -Jjmeter.save.saveservice.output_format=xml -Jduration=60 -n -t Main.jmx -l Mainreport.csv
Expecting JMeterbuild to stop after 60 seconds but it never ends, monitored for 30 minutes.
You need to get value using ${__P(duration,)} in JMeter Scheduler's duration field:
You can add __P default value in second argument, for example, for default 30
${__P(duration,30)}

How to run repo from a script inside a container in a jenkins job

I am unable to run repo non-interactively inside a container as part of a freestyle job.
It prompts for the user-name and email. I got round that by doing a git config --global inside the job.
But then it does the color test, and that hangs indefinitely.
Looking at the source code for repo I see this
if os.isatty(0) and os.isatty(1) and not self.manifest.IsMirror:
if opt.config_name or self._ShouldConfigureUser():
self._ConfigureUser()
self._ConfigureColor()
So, I ran the following inside the container:
python -C "import os; print os.isatty(0), os.isatty(1)"
and, sure enough, it printed out True True
Looking at the Jenkins log, it launches the container with --tty specified, and there seems no way to configure that option.
I can't find a bash option to force a script to be run in a non-interactive shell. If I put the above python line in a file and execute it with almost any combination of commands and options, it still prints out True True
The only way I see something different is if I use I/O redirection
bash <a.sh
which prints out False True - i.e. stdin is not a tty, and
bash <a.sh >a.log
which prints False False.
For a complex script, are there any problems using the bash <script approach?
Does anyone know any jenkins magic to prevent docker being launched using --tty?
I know that the --tty is the culprit. I built the container locally and ran the following
$ docker run repotest python -c "import os;print os.isatty(0), os.isatty(1)"
False False
$ docker run --tty repotest python -c "import os;print os.isatty(0), os.isatty(1)"
True True
Running Versions:
repo: 1.12.37 (per Ubuntu 16.04 apt-get)
Jenkins: 2.149
Cloudbees Docker Plugin: 1.7.3
Container base is ubuntu:xenial
I'm using the "Build inside a docker container" option.
To run bash script repo_script.sh "non-interactively", or more exactly speaking without having terminals associated with standard streams, you could run your script simply as
repo_script.sh < /dev/null 2>&1 | cat
assuming you want to see the output the way you would see it running simply as repo_script.sh. By piping the standard output and error to a different process the file descriptor appears as a pipe and not TTY to repo_script.sh. You could also direct output to a file, or even to /dev/null if you do not care about the output:
log_file=/dev/null
repo_script.sh < /dev/null > "${log_file}" 2>&1
Running the script as
bash < repo_script.sh | cat
might would work too, though it is very unorthodox and to my mind hackish way of running a script just to break the association of TTY to the standard input. From script engine point of view, it is different to read a script program from a file than from standard input (which typically, if it is a terminal, is not seekable), so there might be some subtle differences that could possibly bite you in unexpected ways. This way does not as clearly communicate your intention to the next person that need to understand your code, and may lead to partial hair loss in that person due to extraneous head scratching.
There is no need for any bash options, just using the output directions from within the interpreting shell as above described is an easy-to-comprehend, multi-platform compatible standard convention for changing the standard stream associations.
P.S. I think it should be enough for your repo script to just test if the standard input is a TTY. It looks to me like the author of that script did not think deeply enough there. There is simply no use waiting for input if you do not have terminal device associated with standard input, and you could determine that everything needs to run without user interaction from there or stop with an error if that is not possible.

How do I capture output from one Rundeck step to be used in a later step?

I'm attempting to build, launch, and link a set of docker containers using Rundeck. In short (for those not familiar with docker), when an image is launched, it returns a container ID. I would like to use this container ID in the launching of subsequent jobs.
When run from the command line, it would look something like this (example only!!):
# docker run -Pd 23ABCD45
34DEF123
# docker run -Pd --link 34DEF123:host1 ABC123EF
321CB456
(note the use of the first return value in the second command line)
At this point, there would be two containers running. The second would be linked to the first by the --link option, and it would be addressable using the hostname host1 from inside the second container. To be fair, docker generates (or may be given) a specific container name which can be used in place of the container id. I would prefer to use the container ID to avoid the hassle of having to create/track unique names.
I would like to be able to capture the output of the first command (the container ID) so that it can be reused in the second command. Is this possible?
Edit: These images are being used for testing immediately following a
"docker build" (which also outputs a similar ID I would like to
include in my chain) and might be followed by "docker rm" and "docker
rmi" commands, so there are a number of uses for capturing this type
of output and carrying it through a related set of operations. This
is not just about launching/linking containers.
There is no direct Rundeck implementation that allows you pass an output from one job to another job as an input, but there are work around I've tried in the past, and I've settled on the second approach.
1. Use a file to pass data
Save the ID/output into a tmp file in first job
Second job read that file
Things might go wrong since you depend on a file, but good code can improve.
2. Call two jobs using Rundeck CLI from another job
This is the approach I am using.
JobA printout two random numbers.
echo $RANDOM;echo $RANDOM
JobB print out the second random produced from JobA which is passed as an option "number"
echo "$RD_OPTION_NUMBER is the number JobB received"
JobC calls first job, save last line to a variable and pass it to JobB
#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT_FROM_JOB_A=`run -f --id <ID of JobA> | tail -n 1`
run -f --id <ID of JobB> -- -number $OUTPUT_FROM_JOB_A
Output:
[5394] execution status: succeeded
Job execution started:
[5395] JobB <https://hostname:4443/project/Project/execution/show/5395>
6186 is the number JobB received
[5395] execution status: succeeded
This is just primitive code sample. you can do alot with python subprocess or just use bash.

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